Rethinking Failure: Preeti Vasudevan at TEDxBarnardCollege

At TEDxBarnardCollege, Preeti Vasudevan shares a movement-based talk about how our bodies experience and need failure in order to learn and progress.

Award-winning Indian choreographer and artistic ambassador, Preeti Vasudevan bridges cultures, continents and centuries as easily as other dancers might execute a plie. Preeti is a leading exponent of classical Indian dance-theater Bharatanatyam creating new provocative contemporary works from the tradition.

The Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College was proud to host a diverse and talented line up of speakers who shared their stories of resilience and failure.

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